Black and the Fern

Black the Cat

Handmade

Silver Fern of New Zealand

Suede

Todd's other saddle for his other Baum. Arione CX in polished kangaroo and suede with blood orange perforations.

Some Patterns

 

 

  

 

A selection of pattern pieces from three years of Busyman. Check out the story on Coolhunting.

Antares Cross Stitches Group

 

Waxed poly thread - won't wear away

Double thickness in centre to ensure body and comfort on the bars

Fizik Antares in black kangaroo with hand stitched detail for Peter's new Baum. Subtle double stitched tape to match.

Antique-like

 

Arione and matching tape in vegetable tanned full grain leather for an upcoming Fyxo build. Antique brown with black backed perforations.

Gutter Lunch

 

 

MDMA Gutter Lunch at the Abbotsford Convent last week

Specialized Romin: Gloss Black

The saddle ready for Craig's almost finished Baum.

Requited LoveIf I'd known

If I'd known I'd have used red or white.

The Hungry Workshop

Graphic Designer - Someone Browne

Jenna and I discussion Pantone colour mixing

Jenna driving the old Heidelberg

Nice photo Feride! Two Simons talking technical stuff

Mixing Corner

The card almost done

Simon driving the old Heidelberg

 Last Wednesday we dropped in at The Hungry Workshop to experience the printing of my new business cards. Letterpress printing on an old mechanical Heidelberg machine. It was pretty amazing to see and Simon and Jenna were very kind to invite us along. Although my card is a fairly basic single colour print they do design and produce some really beautiful work.

Gecko

 

Feather Cycles

Cinelli Sitiched Suede

 

Suede upholstered new Unicanitor with some padding added. Ken's design idea for Jon in Oregon.

Bikefest Melbourne

See if you can spot one of my leather creations in here. On Faith's bike.

Casino Colnago Unicanitor

 

 

My first go at using this white vegetable tanned kangaroo hide. It's fractionally thicker than most of the hides I use and kind of stiffer (more difficult to work with). But the results are really clean and the skin itself seems to be exceptionally strong. This one's another old Cinelli Unicanitor for Ken in Boston. I'm really happy with how the Colnago emblem turned out on the two sides.

The design is a Unicanitor variation on the 'Casino' which continues to be kind of popular.

Adidas BMX: Top Secret

 

Tainted Love

Is the kangaroo as tough as we thought? Coming back in soon for some more Busyman love.

Nice Nice Nice

Greg's Baum Cubano. Nice bike, nice tape and nice wrapping job! Thanks for the photos Greg.

Three Stitch Tape

  

Neil's new tape with triple stitch in blue to match the highlight colour on his Focus Izalco Pro.

Swift Roo SMP

Bridie's spare swift birdie saddle

Brassy Cover Up

Andy dropped his Moser and scratched up his Busyman saddle. He wanted some Rolls-like brass trimming to both cover the damage and protect. So here it is along with a matching leather band aid.

Rolls Raleigh Heron

With matching bar tape. Antique dark tan with cherry and copper oxide highlights. For Corey's Italian Raleigh restoration

NAHBS: BAUM

I did the bar tape and recovered the Fizik Arione CX. Photos by Baum via Cycling Tips. It was a pleasure working on the leatherwork for Todd, now I'm looking forward to his road bike.